WED/THU: Photoshop Day 18 - Independent Lessons (& work choices)

You should be done with all of the required tutorials by now... 
if NOT go back to an earlier blog post & start there. "Binder Check" for files THIS Week - complete all tutorials
This week & "next" we 

are working on our 

Independent Portfolio Artifacts
detailed below...

BACK-UP your files &

RESTART your computer @  

the END of the class

Announcements:

• You have a SUB for John this FRIDAY and the MONDAY & TUESDAY  after Spring Break.  
• You will receive a THREE DAY PHOTOSHOP project in class on Friday.
• You must complete the entire project on the sub days
• You will be able to collect materials over Spring Break if you wish 
• It will be Due Tuesday, April 9th.  
• We will look at your results together the following class.

Unit Reminders & Resources:

• Complete ALL missing past videos before continuing with this list
• Previous Tutorials are found starting HERE!
• SAVE every document you work on for EVERY tutorial
• You will need them for "binder checks"
• Watermarked source images are ok in certain circumstances. 
• For additional skills videos they are ok if they don't detract from the learning or demonstration of the skill.  
• For portfolio projects you must REMOVE any watermarks.

Agenda:

• Introduction to Photoshop - Phase THREE: 
• From here forward you may use your own images if you wish and/or propose an independent project or non-curated tutorial
• Complete the THREE portfolio videos linked below
• Continue with Independent Projects or Tutorials

Portfolio Projects
Independent learning, tutorials, & projects

• Curated Tutorial Artifacts for your Portfolio
• The quantity and quality of the projects in your portfolio will determine your artistic & technical grades
• Curated projects - (may or may NOT come with downloadable files - be creative)
• Make COOL TEXT PORTRAITS in 5 EASY steps!
• Create Realistic Cracked Skin in Photoshop
• His files don't work, use your own "person" and click here to get the cracked texture
• Colorize Black and White with Realism in Photoshop
• Fascinating and not all that difficult!
• ...more to be added
• Approved INDEPENDENT Projects for your Portfolio
• All independent work will include a complete written reflection detailing all salient actions that you took.
• Complex independent tutorials
• Complicated (over 20 minute) project tutorials from Youtube and elsewhere that use your skills in new ways or introduce new skills
• Approved in advance
• Multi layer
• More than 20 minutes of video for single tutorial
• Does NOT start with a PSD
• Must submit all files and url of tutorial for credit to Google Classroom
• Final file must be named as follows
• First LastName - P# - Name of Artifact - Complete.PSD
• so John might name a file
• John Kittredge - P1 - Baby Godzilla Tutorial - Complete.PSD
• Fully Independent photoshop projects
• Approved in advance
• Multi-Layer [5+/- as appropriate and approved]
• Layer MASKS (no "erasing")
• Has sophisticated selections using select and mask to feather and shift edges as appropriate
• Is color corrected & balanced so that the layers look natural together
• For advanced grades
• Uses object removal, warps and fills to fundamentally alter the substance or geometry of the underlying images 
• Advanced techniques must be provable as a change from originally submitted images.
• Finished project looks unified and neat - not like a collage of pictures stuck together
• Must submit all files used for credit to Google Classroom
• Final file must be named as follows
• First LastName - P# - Name of Artifact - Complete.PSD
• so John might name a file
• John Kittredge - P1 - Bad Hedgehog, no Camaro - Complete.PSD
• Uses warps and fills to fundamentally alter the geometry of the underlying images 
• Advanced techniques must be provable as a change from originally submitted images.
• Finished project looks unified and neat - not like a collage of pictures stuck together
• Must submit all files used for credit to Google Classroom
• Final file must be named as follows
• First LastName - P# - Name of Artifact - Complete.PSD
• so John might name a file
• John Kittredge - P1 - Bad Hedgehog, no Camaro - Complete.PSD